Collection FSD - FINSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT

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FSD

Titre

FINSBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Date(s)

  • 1868-1869 (Création/Production)

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Étendue matérielle et support

0.05 linear metres

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Notice biographique

The 1834 Poor Law Act led to improvements in the arrangements made for the education of pauper children. Poor Law Unions, and parishes regulated by local acts, were persuaded to establish schools and to appoint schoolmasters. The policy of separating the children from their parents (who were generally considered to be a bad influence on their children) and sending them, if possible, to the country was continued and in 1866 several Middlesex metropolitan authorities were sending children to schools outside London. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1844 made possible a further development in this field which was of significance for the metropolitan area. Unions and parishes were empowered to unite and to form a School District which then set up a large separate school for the education of all the indoor pauper children of the constituents of the district. These were usually industrial schools where both boys and girls were taught the basics of a useful trade which, it was hoped, would provide them with better prospects in future.

The Finsbury School District existed only for a few years, between 1868 and 1869. It did not go so far as to construct a school although plans were approved and a site purchased at Upton.

Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse website.

Histoire archivistique

FSD 1868-1869 Collection 0.05 linear metres Finsbury School District

The 1834 Poor Law Act led to improvements in the arrangements made for the education of pauper children. Poor Law Unions, and parishes regulated by local acts, were persuaded to establish schools and to appoint schoolmasters. The policy of separating the children from their parents (who were generally considered to be a bad influence on their children) and sending them, if possible, to the country was continued and in 1866 several Middlesex metropolitan authorities were sending children to schools outside London. The Poor Law Amendment Act of 1844 made possible a further development in this field which was of significance for the metropolitan area. Unions and parishes were empowered to unite and to form a School District which then set up a large separate school for the education of all the indoor pauper children of the constituents of the district. These were usually industrial schools where both boys and girls were taught the basics of a useful trade which, it was hoped, would provide them with better prospects in future.

The Finsbury School District existed only for a few years, between 1868 and 1869. It did not go so far as to construct a school although plans were approved and a site purchased at Upton.

Source of information: Peter Higginbotham at The Workhouse website.

Records received with the records of the successor County Council.

Signed minutes of the Finsbury School District Board of Management, 1868-1869.

One volume

Available for general access.

Copyright: City of London.
English

Fit

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

For a detailed history see website 'The Workhouse' (http://www.workhouses.org.uk).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. April to June 2009 Poor Law union Poor Law boards of guardians Educational institutions Schools Government Public administration Local government Local boards Boards of Guardians Social services Social security Poor Law Educational management Finsbury School District Finsbury London England UK Western Europe Islington Europe

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Records received with the records of the successor County Council.

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Portée et contenu

Signed minutes of the Finsbury School District Board of Management, 1868-1869.

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Mode de classement

One volume

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Conditions d'accès

Available for general access.

Conditions de reproduction

Copyright: City of London.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

  • latin

Notes de langue et graphie

English

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Instruments de recherche

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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London Metropolitan Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Langue(s)

  • anglais

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